Pump for vehicles.



No. 697,099. Patented Apr. 8, |902. B. L. MORGAN.

PUMP FDR VEHICLES.

(Application led Jan. 16, 1902.)

- (No Modal.)

INVENTOR.

WITNESSES CNTTEE STATES PATENT OEEicE.

RALPH L. MORGAN, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICANl BICYCLE COMPANY,OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, AND NEV YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEVJERSEY.`

PUVI P FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFKCATION forming part f Letters Patent No. 697,099, dated April 8,1902.

Application filed January 16, 1902. Serial No. 89,965. (No model.

To @ZZ whom zit may concern: outlet-valve being arranged so that-it canbe BeitknownthatI,RALPHL.MORGAN,acitiopened only from pressure exertedin said zen of the United States, residing at Toledo, cylinder.Preferably each of said valves is in the State of Ohio, have inventedcertain normally held closed by means of a spring M.

new and useful Improvements in Pumps for The liquid is prevented fromescaping be- 55 Vehicles, of which the following is a specifitween thecasing and the cylinder by means cation. of two rings of packing N,arranged above The invention relates particularly to imand below thechamber, which are held a suitprovenients in pumps formechanically-proable distance apart by any suitable means,

1o pelled vehicles requiringthe transmission of as the gage O. 60liquids from one part of the vehicle to the The pump operates in theusual manner, other; and the invention consists in the new the liquidbeing drawn into the chamber and novel features of construction andcomthrough the inlet-valve bysuetion and thence bination of partshereinafter set forth. into the pump-barrel when the pump-piston x5 Inthe accompanying drawings, Figure l is raised and being expelled throughthe out- 65 represents a side elevation, partly in section let-pipe whenthe pump-piston is depressed. on the line "y y and fo fr of Fig. 2, of acon- Both valves are closed by'the spring when struction embodying thoinvention. Fig. 2 the pump is not in use and are operated aurepresentsan end elevation ot the same contomatically by the pressure or suctionto per- 2o struction on the line @o oo of Fig. l. Fig. 3 mit the iiowot' the liquid vinto or from the 7o represents a vertical section of thesteeringpump-barrel. It will be noted that since the post. chamber G isstationary both the inlet and The steering-post A of the vehicle may bethe outlet pipes may be made of metal or any connected with thesteering-gear (not shown) other suitable non-yielding material. It is inany Well-known manner and is rotated by obvious also that by makingsuitable connec- 75 means of a handle B. Said steering-handle tions thepump can bc used for any desired is pivoted, as at c, to a bracket C,that is rigpurpose other than for pumping liquid from idly secured tothe steering-post in any suitone part of the vehicle to the other. ablemannerwherebythe steering-handle may I claim as my invention 3o have anindependent vertical or pumping 1. The combination of a steering-postpro- 8o movement. The upper part ofthe steeringvided with a pump-barrel,a pump-piston post is recessed to form a pump barrel or cyltherein, asteering-handle for actuating said inder D, and the pump plunger orpiston E, steering-post and pump-piston, and stationwhich reciprocatestherein, is actuated by the ary valve-controlled inlet and outlet pipessteering-handle, being connected therewith communicating with saidpump-barrel, sub- 85 by the link or spear e. stantially as described.

rlhe steering-post is rotatable in a station- 2. The combination of asteering-post proary casing F, that may be secured to the vevided with apump-barrel, a pump-piston hicle-body by a flange f. Said casing isprotherein, a steering-handle for actuating said 4o vided with asuitable passage or chamber G, steering-post and pump-piston, astationary 9o that communicates with the pump-barrel by casing providedwith a chamber communimeans of a segmental opening or openings 'H eatingwith the pump-barrel, and valve-conof sufficient width to maintain thecommunitrolled inlet and outlet pipes communicating cation whatever theposition of-the steeringwith said chamber.

post, and is also connected with an inlet-pipe 3. The combination of asteering-post pro- 95 I and an outlet-pipe J. Each of said pipes videdwith a pump-barrel, a pump-.piston is provided with a valve i and j,respectively, therein, a steering-handle for actuating said the valve inthe inlet-pipe being arranged steering-post and pump-piston, astationary so that it can be opened only by the suction casing providedWith a chamber communi- 5o on the liquid entering the chamber and theeating with the pump-barrel, an inlet-pipe roo xo ing valve-controlledinlet and outlet pipes therein, and means for maintaining communicationbetween said pipes when the steerin ,f1-post is rotated, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I sign this application, in the presence of twoWitnesses, this 6th day of January, 1902.

RALPH L. MORGAN. Witnesses:

J. E. TALTY, WV. F. LEYMAN.

